Australian Social Attitudes IV

List of figures List of tables Introduction: Australia in an age of insecurity by Shaun Wilson and Markus Hadler Part 1: Australian insecurities 1. Trust and insecurity: is economic and political insecurity eroding trust? by Clive Bean 2. Minor and populist parties in Australia: does economic insecurity or a 'representation gap' drive support? by Shaun Ratcliff 3. Attitudes to immigration and asylum seekers in Australia: contested territory or an opportunity for right wing populism? by Shaun Wilson Part 2: politics and political participation 4. Climate scepticism in Australia and in international perspective by Bruce Tranter 5. Gender, voting and women's representation in the 2016 Australian election by Katrine Beauregard 6. Battlers and aspirationals: the Liberal Party and the median voter by Ian McAllister and Toni Makkai 7. No steps further! Australian attitudes to 'the right of free assembly' in comparative perspective by Markus Hadler and Anja Eder 8. The collapse of polling as a way of asking about policy preferences: campaign polls in Australia and Britain by Murray Goot Part 3: changing social institutions 9. Howard's queens in Whitlam's republic: explaining enduring support for the monarchy in Australia by Luke Mansillo 10. Marriage and happiness: changing Australian attitudes to marriage by Ann Evans and Edith Gray About the contributors Index